By Greg Miller
This is the report that drew me to EPA 10 years ago. I was a recent graduate from University of Michigan’s School of Public Health when I saw a job posting for work on environmental health policy. I had no idea what a unique opportunity I was being given.
This is the report that drew me to EPA 10 years ago. I was a recent graduate from University of Michigan’s School of Public Health when I saw a job posting for work on environmental health policy. I had no idea what a unique opportunity I was being given.
On my first day at [...]

PHILADELPHIA (October 28, 2010) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s mid-Atlantic office has awarded Vienna, W. Va. a source water protection award for its work in protecting drinking water sources

Boston College Biologist Marc Muskavitch and Global Team Decode Pathogenome of Virus-Spreading Mosquito (Sep 30, 2010) Boston College. An international group of researchers has sequenced the genome of the Southern house mosquito, providing new insights into the most widespread disease-bearing…

New USDA Study Shows Extent of Land Degradation and Recovery on Western Rangelands (Oct 1, 2010) USDA . Natural Resources Conservation Service. The U.S. Department of Agriculture released a new study by scientists and conservationists showing that non-federal rangelands in the Western United States…

New Study Shows Over One Fifth of the World's Plants are Under Threat of Extinction (Sep 29, 2010) International Union for Conservation of Nature. A global analysis of extinction risk for the world's plants, conducted by the RoyalBotanic Gardens, Kew together with the Natural History Museum,…

By Mona CaseyAs a parent who lost a son at the tender age of 15 to the intentional inhalation of refrigerant, also known as huffing, I can attest that losing a child to something so senseless and preventable is extremely heartbreaking and difficult to accept. Access to the refrigerant is typically…

NOAA Fisheries scientists onboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer are collecting plankton samples from Hawaii to the U.S. West Coast and collecting floating plastic debris from the so-called great Pacific garbage patch, a concentrated area of marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean.

HONOLULU - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a new order fining the state of Hawaii’s Housing Finance and Development Corporation $110,000 for failing to close large-capacity cesspools at its Jack Hall Memorial Housing property

By Lina YounesThe leaves in the Washington, DC area will soon reach the full range of the fall spectrum. Since we have been having unseasonably warm weather, we still can see many flowering bushes in bloom in gardens and parks in the area surrounded by the multicolor autumn foliage. In fact, I’m…

Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Kansas City, Kan., Oct. 27, 2010) - News media representatives and the public are invited to attend an Oct. 29 event in Iowa City, Iowa, to highlight sustainability priorities at the University of Iowa

Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Kansas City, Kan., Oct. 27, 2010) - News media representatives and the public are invited to attend an Oct. 29 event in Iowa City, Iowa, to highlight sustainability priorities at the University of Iowa

Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Kansas City, Kan., Oct. 27, 2010) - News media representatives and the public are invited to attend an Oct. 29 event in Iowa City, Iowa, to highlight sustainability priorities at the University of Iowa

NOAA today awarded three Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts, totaling up to $550 million, for scientific and technical services to support the agency's key mission and its five line offices.

In a research paper published online Saturday in the Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, a publication of the American Geological Union (AGU), scientists reported the southern Baffin Bay off West Greenland has continued warming since wintertime ocean temperatures were last effectively measured…

Each week we write about the science behind environmental protection. Previous Science Wednesdays.By Julius EnriquezHow old is your house? If it’s older than 32, it probably contains some lead-based paint. This is a concern here in Cincinnati, where I live, since most of the houses here predate…

Pets, Aquarium, and Terrarium Species: Best Practices for Addressing Risks to Biodiversity (2010; PDF | 874 KB) Secreteriat of the Convention on Biological Diversity. CBD Technical Series No. 48 This report is largely based on the 2008 ExpertWorkshop on Preventing Biological Invasions: Best…

Buying Local Firewood Protects Oregon Forestry and Ag: Imported Firewood is a Major Pathway for Invasive Species (Oct 13, 2010) Oregon Department of Agriculture. Consumers are urged not to purchase firewood from out-of-state, as the firewood may carry harmful insects and diseases. Buying and burning…

PHILADELPHIA (October 28, 2010) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s mid-Atlantic office has awarded Vienna, W. Va. a source water protection award for its work in protecting drinking water sources

Boston College Biologist Marc Muskavitch and Global Team Decode Pathogenome of Virus-Spreading Mosquito (Sep 30, 2010) Boston College. An international group of researchers has sequenced the genome of the Southern house mosquito, providing new insights into the most widespread disease-bearing…

New USDA Study Shows Extent of Land Degradation and Recovery on Western Rangelands (Oct 1, 2010) USDA . Natural Resources Conservation Service. The U.S. Department of Agriculture released a new study by scientists and conservationists showing that non-federal rangelands in the Western United States…

New Study Shows Over One Fifth of the World's Plants are Under Threat of Extinction (Sep 29, 2010) International Union for Conservation of Nature. A global analysis of extinction risk for the world's plants, conducted by the RoyalBotanic Gardens, Kew together with the Natural History Museum,…

By Mona CaseyAs a parent who lost a son at the tender age of 15 to the intentional inhalation of refrigerant, also known as huffing, I can attest that losing a child to something so senseless and preventable is extremely heartbreaking and difficult to accept. Access to the refrigerant is typically…

NOAA Fisheries scientists onboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer are collecting plankton samples from Hawaii to the U.S. West Coast and collecting floating plastic debris from the so-called great Pacific garbage patch, a concentrated area of marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean.

HONOLULU - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a new order fining the state of Hawaii’s Housing Finance and Development Corporation $110,000 for failing to close large-capacity cesspools at its Jack Hall Memorial Housing property

By Lina YounesThe leaves in the Washington, DC area will soon reach the full range of the fall spectrum. Since we have been having unseasonably warm weather, we still can see many flowering bushes in bloom in gardens and parks in the area surrounded by the multicolor autumn foliage. In fact, I’m…

Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Kansas City, Kan., Oct. 27, 2010) - News media representatives and the public are invited to attend an Oct. 29 event in Iowa City, Iowa, to highlight sustainability priorities at the University of Iowa

Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Kansas City, Kan., Oct. 27, 2010) - News media representatives and the public are invited to attend an Oct. 29 event in Iowa City, Iowa, to highlight sustainability priorities at the University of Iowa

Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Kansas City, Kan., Oct. 27, 2010) - News media representatives and the public are invited to attend an Oct. 29 event in Iowa City, Iowa, to highlight sustainability priorities at the University of Iowa

NOAA today awarded three Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts, totaling up to $550 million, for scientific and technical services to support the agency's key mission and its five line offices.

In a research paper published online Saturday in the Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, a publication of the American Geological Union (AGU), scientists reported the southern Baffin Bay off West Greenland has continued warming since wintertime ocean temperatures were last effectively measured…

Each week we write about the science behind environmental protection. Previous Science Wednesdays.By Julius EnriquezHow old is your house? If it’s older than 32, it probably contains some lead-based paint. This is a concern here in Cincinnati, where I live, since most of the houses here predate…

Pets, Aquarium, and Terrarium Species: Best Practices for Addressing Risks to Biodiversity (2010; PDF | 874 KB) Secreteriat of the Convention on Biological Diversity. CBD Technical Series No. 48 This report is largely based on the 2008 ExpertWorkshop on Preventing Biological Invasions: Best…

Buying Local Firewood Protects Oregon Forestry and Ag: Imported Firewood is a Major Pathway for Invasive Species (Oct 13, 2010) Oregon Department of Agriculture. Consumers are urged not to purchase firewood from out-of-state, as the firewood may carry harmful insects and diseases. Buying and burning…